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when she lands. When she's not flying her S-3 - a four-person jet that carries a communications person, a weapons and navigation tactician, and a sonar and radar operator in addition to the pilot - she leads a division of sailors on the ground, works on jets and attends count– less hours of classroom training. That training comes in handy when Hirschman runs into an unexpected situ– ation, such as "boltering," a pilot's term for missing all four of the series of wires designed to catch a hook on the tail of the plane when it lands on the carrier's deck. In that case, the pilot must quickly take off again and circle around for another landing attempt. While it's not an uncommon experience, it can be har– rowing. "My first time out at sea, I was flying in bad weather when the (runway) lights on the ship went out," she says. "I missed the last wire and had to come back around to land. Taking off again wasn't really the problem, it was flying back up into the bad weather." Despite the thrills, Hirschman says flying offers serene moments as well. Those moments remind her of why she loves being a pilot. "Once I'm up at cruising altitude, I can look around and get a totally differ– ent perspective on the world," she says. "Then I think about how lucky I am to have this opportunity." + walk in the landscape into an occasion of passage and pause." 7. South Cove, by Mary Miss, Susan Child and Stanton Eckstut, 1988. West Street at Second Place on the Hudson River, Battery Park City, New York. "An elegant esplanade and 'tower' along the Hudson River in lower Manhattan." 8. Trompe-l'oeil painting on the exterior of the Boston Architectural Center, by Richard Haas, 1977. Boston. "A startling illusionistic intervention in the city." 9. Clothespin, by Claes Oldenburg, 1976. Center Square, Philadelphia. "A surpris– ing monument." 10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Maya Lin, 1982. Constitution Gardens, Constitution Avenue at 21st Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

avy pilot Lt. Loree (Draude) Hirschman '89 says she usually likes some company while flying missions in her jet. But dur– ing her first takeoff from an aircraft car– rier, she was glad she was alone. "The first time I did the cat shot, I was relieved there was nobody in the plane with me, because I was screaming the whole way," Hirschman says, laughing at the memory. The "cat shot" she refers to involves being flung in her jet from the deck of a moving aircraft carrier by a giant catapult. Although she had plenty of practice takeoffs and landings on solid ground before her first flight from a car– rier, she says nothing quite simulates using the deck of a ship rolling across the ocean as a runway. "It's like a really wild roller coaster ride," she says, "but landing on a carrier is fun; being out to sea is fun." Hirschman has been out to sea for several two-week periods, but she is now sampling the open ocean for a bit longer. On April 11, she left aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln for a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf and The USD Top 10, a new addition to USD Magazine, features USD professors sharing their expertise . For the inaugural edition, Professor Sally Yard, chair of USD's fine arts department, identifies her favorite works of public art for those who may be traveling around the country this summer. Yard holds a B.A. in art history from Harvard and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in art history from Princeton. An expert in public art, she has been curator of a number of exhibits at USD. 1. Snake Path, by Alexis Smith, 1992. Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. "This pathway to the Central Library frames a reverie on innocence and knowledge." 2. Sentinel Plaza, by Robert Irwin, 1990. Pasadena Police Department, Pasadena,

back. It's a first in more ways than one, as she is the first woman on the West Coast to fly the S-3, a twin-engine, anti– submarine warfare jet, in a combat billet. But to her colleagues, she's just another pilot. "Women have been flying transport planes for a while, so it's not really a big deal," she says. "Everyone has accepted the fact that women are now flying in combat roles, and I'm treated the same as any other aviator in the squadron." Although allowing women to fly com– bat jets is a relatively new development for the Navy, Hirschman knew early on that she wanted to be a pilot. The daugh– ter of two Marine Corps veterans, she signed up for ROTC her first year at USD. A field trip to the El Toro, Calif., and Miramar, Calif., naval air stations her freshman year sent her searching for the skies. "When we visited the jet squadrons, I saw happy people who liked what they were doing," she recalls. "I knew then that I wanted to do the same thing." Hirschman's responsibilities don't end in Calif. "A place of pause and reverie amid the bustle of the city." 3. Berth Haven, by George Trakas, 1983. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way N .W ., Seattle. "Overlooking Lake Washington, this work is a foil for the movements of the water." 4. Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, by Siah Armajani, 1988. Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis. "A pedestrian bridge that becomes a place of poetry." 5. Playscapes, by Isamu Noguchi, 1975. Piedmont Park, Atlanta. "A children's playground designed by one of the great sculptors of the century." 6. Bodark Arc, by Martin Puryear, 1982. Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, University Park, Ill. "A work that subtly remakes a

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